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Your basic troubleshooting and discussion forum for all things Final Cut Pro X. If you are having issues with FCP 7 and below, post it in Cafe LA.
Re: HELP - Composite Mode - Multiply ERROR - 19 years ago
Should be fixed in FCP5 as I reported it a long time back. Multiply will work in 10bit if you're at 100% opacity. Any less, and it will appear to be at 0% opacity. As far as I know, this is fixed in 5. The same bug occurs in "high precision YUV mode". There are plenty more bugs in 10bit rendering than 8bit rendering. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: real-time effects - 19 years ago
Take Wayne's advice. The RTMac has long been a dead product, and didn't work that good anyway - avoid. Similarly, the Cinewave added some RT, but is also a dead product. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: 23.98 frame rate ? - 19 years ago
Because video is 29.97fps not 30fps, when you transfer Film to video, you have to slow it to 23.98fps, then add 3:2 pulldown to get it to 29.97fps. Check out my article for more info: Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: convert 24 fps seq to 29.97 - 19 years ago
If you convert 24.00fps to 29.97fps, there will be a speed change due to the video rate for 24p of 23.98fps and the film rate for 24p which is 24.00fps, so I don't know how your music people are going to cope with that mismatch. Anyway, if you want to do the conversion from 24.00fps to 29.97fps, my Standards Conversion will do that for you, just be aware of the very slight speed change in the viby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: convert 24 fps seq to 29.97 - 19 years ago
FCP will drop and duplicate frames to convert a 24fps to 29.97fps sequence. Are you running at 24fps or 23.98fps BTW? To convert, FCP will add 3:2 pulldown to a 23.98fps sequence over firewire to playout to a DV deck. If that's not suitable, check out my Standards Conversion plugin at www.nattress.com which will add 3:2 pulldown as a render to any 24p or 23.98fps movie. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: 23" vs 20" Screen for HDV monitor - 19 years ago
The 23" is not just better because it's going to show you your HD at full resolution, but it's better as you'll edit faster and easier on a big screen too. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Digitizing Question? - 19 years ago
Lubrication mis-match problems died a while back so there should be no issues. I'm using all manner of DV / DVCAM tapes on the DSR25 with no ill effects. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: grain removal from video - 19 years ago
You could try the G DVNR plugin in my set 1 at www.nattress.com It might work for you... Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Plug-ins - 19 years ago
Remove Ampede and Automatic duck plugins? They don't work in FCP 5. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Titles and the Animation Codec - 19 years ago
Joey, that's a different kettle of fish though! Animation codec is great for that, but as no SD video format supports either alpha or 4:4:4 RGB it's got to get converted to something else for broadcast. As an intermediate for computer generated images, Animation 100% + is the best you can get, but if you were to render the composite direct to DV, or render the elements toe Animation, and then comby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Titles and the Animation Codec - 19 years ago
If you're ending up as DV, it doesn't matter what inbetween codec you use - it won't come out any better. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Old and Retro - 19 years ago
Agreed, Koz. When I shoot video to add a custom gamma curve afterwards, I shoot as flat as possible, as well lighted as possible, I avoid crashing blacks or over-exposing in camera, and control my contrast range as best as I can. I like Ultra-Contrast filters to help me do this. I'm going to try and post up some before and after shots of what shooting flat + nice gamma in post can do, and it's juby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Old and Retro - 19 years ago
Film doesn't have unlimited colours though - it has a large but measureable colour gamut, and indeed, because these old films still retain their look when transferred to video, there must be a way to manipulate video to give the look of these movies. Film is RGB (and it's compliments) also.... To say computer colours are bright and crisp is wrong - computer colours can be whatever you want them tby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Titles and the Animation Codec - 19 years ago
Small lettering can never look crisp on TV. Ever tried to read the disclaimers on car adverts? I can't read them - they look horrible. The best way to design titles is big and bold, using the darkness or lightness of the title to stand off the background, not it's colour, and while viewing the results on TV all the time. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Old and Retro - 19 years ago
Do you have any good pictoral reference for exactly the look you're looking for? If so, then I can either tell you how to do it with my Film Effects plugin, or I can write a version that will do it for you. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Titles and the Animation Codec - 19 years ago
Animation codec is 4:4:4 RGB uncompressed at the 100% setting. This makes for perfect looking graphics, but the issue is, no TV can display such high levels of detail. The DV codec, which a lot of people complain about is not as bad as they think. 1) you've got to watch it on TV, not your computer 2) if it looks bad, then it is bad, in that what you've designed are graphics that will not surviby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: From DVC Pro to miniDV - 19 years ago
Ah, but the DVcpro codec is identical to the DV codec. There should be no problem sending back out to a miniDV deck - just set the easy prest to DV NTSC, then play out. If you're PAL, the codec is differen though... Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Progressive vs Interlaced - 19 years ago
You captured 1080i25 uncompressed with the Decklink HD Pro? Field problems usually show up as bad camera motion where on a move, it looks like the camera is vibrating fast. Any chance you post up a picture to show us what is wrong with the video? Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: television reception effect - 19 years ago
I've got a new plugin for you to test. Email me graeme@nattress.com and you can see if it works for you. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Increasing gain without increasing artifacts/grain on DV footage. - 19 years ago
It's similar, mathematically, to a gamma like curve, but I also think that FCP does such effects slightly more accurately than look up tables to apply a gamma curve. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Increasing gain without increasing artifacts/grain on DV footage. - 19 years ago
Also, using the Levels filters in set one can help, especially the curves adjustment which can keep the shadow depth while the rest gets lightened. I also like the idea of the layering technique with the screen blending mode. That's a powerful technique and blending modes in FCP seem to render at a higher quality compared to many other things, so tend to look very good. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Panasonic AG-DVX100A 24P Mini DV - 19 years ago
The physical dimensions of the CCD are of major importance in DOF. The smaller the sensor, the deeper the depth of field. That's why 35mm has less DOF than 16mm which is less than that of a 2/3" CCD camera which is less than that of a 1/3" CCD camera. You can change the DOF characteristics by altering the lens also, it's apperture, the focal length and the camera to object distance. Eacby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Panasonic AG-DVX100A 24P Mini DV - 19 years ago
It's chip size that determines DOF, not the lens. The Xl1 image is fairly soft - the DVX is quite a bit sharper. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: PAL to NTSC clean conversion? - 19 years ago
I think we've got the length thing sorted now with the new beta of 2.5. I should have this put out into a full release before too long now. Just need a bit more testing! Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: Sending Project to the States - 19 years ago
Compressor 2 does work at it's full settings, but at 4h30m for a conversion of a 1 minute video, it's rather slow..... Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: ** Film Look with HDV *** - 19 years ago
Film Effects at www.nattress.com works great with HDV footage. I have no idea why the old tricks are not working for you - they should still work. Graemeby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
Re: High Def Cameras/With FCP5 - 19 years ago
Full on HD need not cost quite that much - a Varicam is around $60k + about what, $20k for a good lens, and about $25k for the deck. Throw in a decklink HD Pro + Hdlink + 23" cinema display for monitoring, and a Xserve RAID, not because you need it, but because it's nice not to worry about having enough fast storage. If you want top end HD, then your figures are much nearer the truth, althoby Graeme Nattress - Café LA
